什么是诗

什么是诗？谁知道？
玫瑰不是诗，玫瑰的香气才是诗；
天空不是诗，天光才是诗；
苍蝇不是诗，苍蝇身上的亮闪才是诗；
海不是诗，海的喘息才是诗；
我不是诗，那使得我看见听到感知
某些散文无法表达的意味的语言才是诗；
但是什么是诗？谁知道？

——依尼诺·法吉恩

Poetry

What is poetry? Who knows?
Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;
Not the sky, but the light in the sky;
Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;
Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;
Not myself, but what makes me
See, hear, and feel something that prose
Cannot: and what it is, who knows?

——Eleanor Farjeon